I was going to show a pic of a fireplace mantle we put up out of a similar looking hunk of black walnut (I think from looking. My daughter sourced the plank) 2 inch slab sawn from the middle of a twenty inch tree. One side was ripped square to lay up against the fireplace. The other side is raw with a bit of bark left.

But I absolutely can not get cell phone or camera pics to upload to the 'Fire anymore. They just refuse to go.

People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.